Ī second short story, 'Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory', taking place between Exit Strategy and Fugitive Telemetry, was published on Tor.com in 2021. It describes Murderbot's life after it hacked its governor module. Ī Murderbot short story, 'The Future of Work: Compulsory', which takes place before All Systems Red, was published in Wired in 2018. In December 2022, Wells announced the upcoming full-length novel, System Collapse which is scheduled to be published in November 2023.

Fugitive Telemetry, taking place chronologically between Exit Strategy and Network Effect, was published in April 2021. Wells noted in 2017 that the four novellas 'do have an overarching story, with the fourth one bringing the arc to a conclusion.' A full Murderbot novel, Network Effect, was released on May 5, 2020. The next installment, Exit Strategy, was released on October 2, 2018. A sequel, Artificial Condition, was released on May 8, 2018, followed by Rogue Protocol on August 7, 2018. The first book of the series, All Systems Red, was published in May 2017. As it spends more time with a series of caring people (both humans and fellow artificial intelligences), it starts developing friendships and emotional connections, which it finds inconvenient.

The SecUnit manages to override its governor module, thus enabling it to develop independence, which it primarily uses to watch soap operas. The series is about a part robot, part human construct designed as a Security Unit (SecUnit). The Murderbot Diaries is a science fiction series by American author Martha Wells and published by Tor.com.

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